Woo Do Hwan was amazing in this - the ONLY reason I stuck with it. The rest of the cast was a bit m'eh in comparison. I reall hope Woo does a LOT more now - he's a brilliant actor. I did like that it was a slightly different ending to the original novel (not that you could've had a duel in this obviously, but you get my drift) - I know a lot of purists hate it, but I liked it.
I think the trouble is it's based on a Frnech novelL by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos called Les Liaisons Dangereuses. It was first published in 1782 and so is more than a few centuries out of date!
I do wonder how many other dramas are just going to do the rounds! lol! It's amusing to see different East Asian countries take on a theme allowing for their own customs, traditions and tastes. :)
They are PERMANENTLY banned from from being seen together jn public, Athena. I thought it was being together at…
Athena -- I actually do know of some. So I can find out the info and write it below. It's no problem at all; I love those guys and thought their stance on the Addicted project was incredibly brave considering their government's attitude to LGBT even then; and would always support them in future.
XU WEI ZHOU - this drama (Main Role - Drama) and My Girlfriend (also due out this year - Drama). here's the link to the MDL Page - https://kisskh.at/28597-my-girlfriend
Looking at the cover, I almost mistook it to be a BL story :|
It's because the main male lead is the guy from the BL webdramas Like Love 1&2. I thought the same as you when I saw him as the mai lead and had to read the synopsis twice! Lol!
Well I'm not sure what you're expecting but what I think you're calling a "cliche" is about to happen...Ae is…
YuzuJavi -- Actually Korn WAS gay. He had a previous boyfriend who was in TWM....he was called Mew and even fought Knock over Korn. At no point has Korn ever said he dated or liked girls - but he DID tell Knock that he'd dated Mew since they met in High School and Mew was the reason he was at that University (which was another reason the their break up had so badly affected him - he felt he'd been a fool to follow Mew).
From things he said to Mew about their break up, to Knock about his feelings and to his sister and friends about his and Knock's on and off relationship, it was clear he'd long since realised he was gay. The ONLY one he'd ever told, because he knew she was his friend regardless, was Yihwa. Yihwa made it clear to Knock and others that she'd known Korn was gay for a VERY long time, not by guessing, but because he'd told her. It was one of the reasons she was so very protective of Korn; she knew how fragile his feelings really were - how easily he could be hurt.
When you see Korn's sister's nasty reaction, you can understand why he hadn't really told anyone else the truth.
I kinda hate that I watched this after years and years of anime. What I'm saying is I knew waaay early on that…
She was brilliant as Nodame in Nodame's Cantebile (Japanese versions). She is just able to pull off that quirky eccentricity vibe without being unsettling - more kooky and adorable.
I've not been able to find it anywhere, but did see a clip on youtube where he married another girl and she was their wedding photographer. Was that the ending or did they reunite as a couple themselves in the end? She was so sad in the clip I saw....
I'm British and I HATE sad endings too, especially BL sad endings - I always expect more from Thai BL dramas as,…
@RJ_Jacob101 -- Listen, it's good of you to reply at all - I know how RL can be demanding and it can't be ignored either. :)
Takumi is just the BEST movie series ever; I don't whether it's because it was my first foray into BL and so it has a special place in my heart.....but whatever the reason I've always loved it and especially the duo of DiaMao! 2 Moons is another favourite and apparently season 2 of that will be out later this year, someone said October....so fingers crossed. What the Duck? was good, but I have to say Takumi movies and 2 Moons are my go tos when I need cheering up. They just make my heart happy.
I'm so glad the series of My Bromance didn't have the same sad ending the movie did - oh my stars I cried so much! I have to say Taiwan and Thailand BL are my favourites, Japan's third and then Korea's before finally China's. I don't think we'll be seeing anything from China for a while if the new Modesty Laws I've seen on the net are right - but that's okay because the sad endings all the time were soul destroying. I'd rather them not do anything until such time as it's more open and the censors allow happy endings.
Apparently the Phillipinnes are VERY open about things and the overall attitude there, especially in cities, is very accepting - I was speaking to a Filipino resident recently so that's how I know. Their most famous actor is gay and is IMMENSELY popular; but I don't know about Vietnam and Malaysia. The latter is quite islamic now and I know they definitely don't accept the LGBT+ community at all; but Vietnam is quite closed off, though there are a few BL webdramas and short movies on youtube that appear to end well and have families that either support from the start or come around to their gay family, so it might well be positive overall.
I have high hopes for China in the future - when this president is gone then hopefully they will be more open to a more inclusive and accepting mindset. Being LGBT does not make you against your country; it just makes you a little different,but that's not a bad thing. I think if we were all the same the world would be boring to the point of causing death by indifference.
Oh your poor BF - it was bad enough it was my teacher, I couldn't imagine my mum doing it to me. I remember when I was 3 my father tried to get me over my fear of spiders by make me hold a big garden spider in my hand (I was tiny for my age - in fact I'm still a hobbit, just minus the hairy feet! - and so it was huge in comparison). He made me hold it so tight (with his hand over mine) that I squished it. I then fainted - my mum nearly killed him! lol! No it didn't cure my fear, it actually made it worse! XD
Try HIStory 2 - right or wrong - it's really good, except for the kissing. The 'goldfish lip bump (patent pending) just annoys me to hell and back. But clearly the younger actor was NOT happy with kissing another man so they had to work around it. lol! Did you watch any of HIStory 1? they were good - except for My Hero, that was too 'm'eh'.
I watched a Top Gear special where they were in Vietnam and the two things that struck me was the friendliness and kindness of the Vietnamese people and the sheer breathtaking beauty of their country. We kept stopping the dvd to look at the scenery - I completely lost interest in the programme and just watched what was going on around them! I would LOVE to go one day - but so far I'm still trying to get to Japan and South Korea! Not to mention Thailand too! East Asia is somewhere I would LOVE to live if I could.
I've started Advance Bravely recently, once I was reassured it wasn't bromanced to death at the end (which was threatened). So yes, I do think there's hope for China's BL yet. :)
Oh exactly - I often have the same thing happen; just when you think we should be left to go extinct, someone does something that makes your heart happy and you think...'well, there MIGHT be hope for us as a species yet'......certainly everything happening in Korea at the moment is looking hopeful. fingers crossed we don't blow ourselves and the planet to atoms any time soon! :D
Technically it's not release until 27th of this month. However, a few months ago China made a raft of new 'modesty…
The others are as bad - no one with tattoos allowed in the media, no hip hop musicians, no rap musicians, no couples who've 'illegally' lived together before marriage, no couples who had children before marrying each other and the wondrously awful catch-all of 'only those who are deemed to be positively projecting the best image of the People's Republic of China are to be used'....... These new 'modesty laws' came in 2 days after their president was granted sweeping new powers and made 'president for life'.....frightening isn't it?
OMG. I'm going to watch this only because of Park Seo Joon! He is one of my favourite actors. My most seen drama…
the one I've watched the most is She Was Pretty - he was excellent in that; I went from hating him and suffering serious SLS to loving him and wanting them to kiss! XD
They are PERMANENTLY banned from from being seen together jn public, Athena. I thought it was being together at…
Not as far as I know - but they were VERY supportive of the Chinese LGBT community, VERY keen to promote Addicted AND were part of the group who REFUSED to do the ending of the second season the Chinese censors wanted. Plus they'd become very close friends. Just SO, SO sad. T-T
So they are banned from ever being seen together in public. It's ridiculous, draconian and pathetic...but it's the new Chinese government under their 'president for life'. I mean when you see all their new modesty laws you see how ridiculous it all is. At least the boys are back to acting again which is nice.
XU WEI ZHOU -
this drama (Main Role - Drama)
and
My Girlfriend (also due out this year - Drama). here's the link to the MDL Page -
https://kisskh.at/28597-my-girlfriend
HUANG JOHNNY -
Demon Girl 2 (Support Role - Drama/ 2016)).
https://kisskh.at/21901-demon-girl-2 (drama)
Guns and Kidneys (Main Role - Movie/ 2017)
https://kisskh.at/22358-guns-and-kidneys
His Excellency's First Love (Main Role - Drama) - released this year
https://kisskh.at/25154-the-first-love-of-the-man-who-was-thousand-years-old (looks REALLY good!)
My Story For You - (says Main Role, but I think he might be the Second Lead - Drama)
https://kisskh.at/22830-my-story-for-you
Operation Red Sea (Main Role - Movie/ released this year) -
https://kisskh.at/22829-operation-red-sea
Hope this helps. I'm most looking forward to His Excellency's First Love and The Evolution of Our Love. :)
From things he said to Mew about their break up, to Knock about his feelings and to his sister and friends about his and Knock's on and off relationship, it was clear he'd long since realised he was gay. The ONLY one he'd ever told, because he knew she was his friend regardless, was Yihwa. Yihwa made it clear to Knock and others that she'd known Korn was gay for a VERY long time, not by guessing, but because he'd told her. It was one of the reasons she was so very protective of Korn; she knew how fragile his feelings really were - how easily he could be hurt.
When you see Korn's sister's nasty reaction, you can understand why he hadn't really told anyone else the truth.
Takumi is just the BEST movie series ever; I don't whether it's because it was my first foray into BL and so it has a special place in my heart.....but whatever the reason I've always loved it and especially the duo of DiaMao! 2 Moons is another favourite and apparently season 2 of that will be out later this year, someone said October....so fingers crossed. What the Duck? was good, but I have to say Takumi movies and 2 Moons are my go tos when I need cheering up. They just make my heart happy.
I'm so glad the series of My Bromance didn't have the same sad ending the movie did - oh my stars I cried so much! I have to say Taiwan and Thailand BL are my favourites, Japan's third and then Korea's before finally China's. I don't think we'll be seeing anything from China for a while if the new Modesty Laws I've seen on the net are right - but that's okay because the sad endings all the time were soul destroying. I'd rather them not do anything until such time as it's more open and the censors allow happy endings.
Apparently the Phillipinnes are VERY open about things and the overall attitude there, especially in cities, is very accepting - I was speaking to a Filipino resident recently so that's how I know. Their most famous actor is gay and is IMMENSELY popular; but I don't know about Vietnam and Malaysia. The latter is quite islamic now and I know they definitely don't accept the LGBT+ community at all; but Vietnam is quite closed off, though there are a few BL webdramas and short movies on youtube that appear to end well and have families that either support from the start or come around to their gay family, so it might well be positive overall.
I have high hopes for China in the future - when this president is gone then hopefully they will be more open to a more inclusive and accepting mindset. Being LGBT does not make you against your country; it just makes you a little different,but that's not a bad thing. I think if we were all the same the world would be boring to the point of causing death by indifference.
Oh your poor BF - it was bad enough it was my teacher, I couldn't imagine my mum doing it to me. I remember when I was 3 my father tried to get me over my fear of spiders by make me hold a big garden spider in my hand (I was tiny for my age - in fact I'm still a hobbit, just minus the hairy feet! - and so it was huge in comparison). He made me hold it so tight (with his hand over mine) that I squished it. I then fainted - my mum nearly killed him! lol! No it didn't cure my fear, it actually made it worse! XD
Try HIStory 2 - right or wrong - it's really good, except for the kissing. The 'goldfish lip bump (patent pending) just annoys me to hell and back. But clearly the younger actor was NOT happy with kissing another man so they had to work around it. lol! Did you watch any of HIStory 1? they were good - except for My Hero, that was too 'm'eh'.
I watched a Top Gear special where they were in Vietnam and the two things that struck me was the friendliness and kindness of the Vietnamese people and the sheer breathtaking beauty of their country. We kept stopping the dvd to look at the scenery - I completely lost interest in the programme and just watched what was going on around them! I would LOVE to go one day - but so far I'm still trying to get to Japan and South Korea! Not to mention Thailand too! East Asia is somewhere I would LOVE to live if I could.
I've started Advance Bravely recently, once I was reassured it wasn't bromanced to death at the end (which was threatened). So yes, I do think there's hope for China's BL yet. :)
Oh exactly - I often have the same thing happen; just when you think we should be left to go extinct, someone does something that makes your heart happy and you think...'well, there MIGHT be hope for us as a species yet'......certainly everything happening in Korea at the moment is looking hopeful. fingers crossed we don't blow ourselves and the planet to atoms any time soon! :D
So they are banned from ever being seen together in public. It's ridiculous, draconian and pathetic...but it's the new Chinese government under their 'president for life'. I mean when you see all their new modesty laws you see how ridiculous it all is. At least the boys are back to acting again which is nice.